| Every year during the second Monday of January | | | | local town halls or city offices, where all young |
| celebration ceremonies are held for Japanese men | | | | adults of the area who have or will turn twenty |
| and women who have reached the age of | | | | that year attend. Government officials give |
| twenty. Coming of age day is part of young | | | | speeches and small presents are handed out to |
| Japanese man or women passage into adulthood | | | | the newly-recognized adults. |
| and includes coming of age ceremonies held at | | | | Many of the women who are coming of age |
| their local prefectures city office, where they | | | | wear traditional Furisode Kimonos which feature |
| dress in traditional Japanese kimonos. After the | | | | long sleeves and wear Zori sandals. Since most |
| ceremonies most young people go out to | | | | women can not put on the kimonos themselves, |
| celebrate their new right to consume alcoholic | | | | this is one of the busiest times of year for many |
| beverages. This tradition originally date back to | | | | Japanese beauty salons and hair dressers. The |
| about 714 AD, when a young prince wore a new | | | | men also some times wear tradition Japanese |
| robe and featured a new hair style to mark his | | | | robes, but nowadays many men wear formal |
| passage into manhood. The holiday was truly | | | | suits and ties. The celebration of one's coming of |
| established in 1948 and as be held in January ever | | | | age reflects both upon the rights of an Adult and |
| since. | | | | the new responsibilities of being an adult. |
| The ceremonies are usually held in the morning at | | | | |